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OUR  NEW  AMERICANS 

Miss  Marguerite  Reid,  Foreign  Department, 
Providence  Public  Library. 

In  the  solution  of  our  great  national  problem,  the  gravest  before 
the  American  public,  the  assimilation  of  the  immigrant,  the  public 
library  has  a  responsibility  to  assume  and  an  important  duty  to  per- 
form. Thoughtful  citizens  are  waking  up  to  the  feeling  that  the 
problem  increases  in  importance  in  that  it  is  overstraining  our  pow- 
ers of  assimilation.  When  I  visited  the  Immigrant  Section  of  the 
"World  in  Boston",  last  year,  I,  too,  was  impressed  with  the  im- 
mensity of  the  problem,  almost  into  inactivity.  It  seemed  to  me 
useless  to  attempt  to  Americanize  these  masses  that  are  entering  our 
country  yearly,  over  a  million  in  1911,  separated  from  us,  as  they  are, 
by  habit,  ideas  of  life,  and  language.  Their  ignorance  of  our  lan- 
guage, our  institutions,  and  standards  of  living,  seemed  to  me  to  con- 
stitute a  disadvantage  both  to  them  and  to  the  community  in  which 
they  would  settle  that  was  too  serious  to  admit  of  solution.  But 
upon  reflection  I  remembered  that  the  public  library  alone  has  not  to 
solve  the  whole  gigantic  problem  of  immigration,  but  has  simply  to 
concentrate  on  the  particular  needs  pf  its  community,  the  responsi- 
bility of  which  it  will  share  with  other  existing  educational  agencies, 
the  night  school,  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  and  philanthropic  societies,  with  which 
it  will  co-operate  and  whose  work  it  will  supplement  in  this  attempt 
at  Americanizing  an  alien  people. 

This  paper  is  devoted  to  an  effort  toward  a  better  understanding 
and  finer  appreciation  of  these  strangers  in  our  land,  for  if  we  en- 
lighten public  sentiment  and  arouse  sympathetic  interest  m  their 
welfare,  we  have  gone  far  towards  solving  a  difficult  problem.  Sec- 
ondly, some  definite  suggestions  as  to  ways  and  means  of  assisting 
these  Americans  in  process  are  offered. 

In  approaching  this  subject  of  the  assimilation  of  the  immigrant 
we  are  too  apt  to  forget,  it  seems  to  me,  that  our  foreign-speaking 
friend  offers  his  contribution  to  the  melting-pot,  that  he  brings  with 
him  an  inheritance  of  old-world  culture.  Emil  Reich  has  called  Italy, 
from  which  land  most  of  our  immigrants  arrive,  the  "most  gifted 


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nation  in  Europe",  one  that  may  contribute  to  our  intellectual  eleva- 
tion. The  literary  taste  of  the  Italian,  his  love  for  the  classics  of  his 
own  literature  is  in  marked  contrast  to  the  reading  tastes  of  our  na- 
tive public.  A  working-man,  apparently  illiterate,  to  judge  by  his 
appearance,  will  be  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  classics  of  his 
native  literature,  not  by  title  but  by  actual  working  knowledge,  as  evi- 
denced by  an  experience  I  had.  An  ordinary,  rather  rough  appearing 
man  asked  me  to  help  him  find  the  sequel  to  the  "Orlando  Furioso" 
which  I  did  not  readily  locate.  I  asked  him  if  he  were  sure  it  wasn't 
the  "Orlando  innamorato",  upon  which  the  "Furioso"  is  based,  that 
he  had  in  mind,  and  he  scornfully  replied  "No,"  that  he  had  read  it 
all,  he  wanted  to  locate  the  death  of  Orlando,  and  merely  wished  to 
know  if  we  owned  it.  He  was  thoroughly  at  home  in  his  subject,  in 
spite  of  the  fact  that  these  three  poems  were  written  as  long  ago  as 
the  fifteenth  century  by  different  men,  and  yet,  judging  by  his  ap- 
pearance, were  he  an  English-speaking  member  of  society,  we  would 
have  offered  him  Sherlock  Holmes  to  bait  him. 

It  is  well  for  us  to  remember  that  the  Italian  barber  reads  Dante 
with  avidity  and  is  more  familiar  with  Shakespeare  than  many  of  us. 
The  volumes  of  Carducci,  the  greatest  poet  of  our  day,  are  in  steady 
demand,  in  spite  of  their  rather  awesome  dress  in  a  classic  edition. 
The  Italian  prefers  poetry  and  drama  to  fiction.  Out  of  1400  Italian 
volumes  we  have  but  125  volumes  of  fiction.  He  enjoys  the  pictur- 
esque in  literature,  too,  fairy  tales,  books  of  travel,  and  biographies 
of  his  country's  heroes, — Christopher  Columbus,  Garibaldi,  Victor 
Emmanuel. 

With  the  Jew  a  love  of  learning  is  inborn.  His  interest  in  mat- 
ters educational  is  most  keen.  One  man,  whom  I  had  always  pre- 
sumed to  be  a  mechanic,  surprised  me  one  day  by  appearing  with  a 
Freshman  cap  on.  One  could  see  pride  sticking  out  all  over  him  in 
spite  of  the  fact  that  his  face  was  rather  old  for  a  cap.  He  had  been 
in  America  for  two  years,  working  in  a  jewelry  shop,  where  he  had 
suffered  from  the  unsympathizing  jeers  of  co-workers  who  judged 
him  an  inferior.  He  had  succeeded  in  passing  the  entrance  exami- 
nations at  Brown  University  and  was  registered  with  advanced 
standing  in  mathematics,  leaving  our  native  youth  behind  him  in  the 
jewelry  shop.  This  is  the  most  noticeable  characteristic  of  the  Jew, 
that  each  and  every  one  of  them,  eager  for  new  knowledge,  is  gaining 
an  education.  He  should  be  an  inspiration  to  our  American  boys 
who  are  not  handicapped  by  studying  in  a  strange  tongue.  In  early 
youth  Jews  have  formed  definite  views  on  political,  religious,  and 
social  questions,  and  have  already  evolved  their  philosophy  of  life. 


WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS  3 

Even  before  they  can  read  English,  they  are  familiar  with  the  teach- 
ings of  our  English  philosophers  and  scientists,  Spencer  and  Darwin. 
In  reading,  their  interest  lies  in  books  of  philosophy  and  socialism 
that  attempt  a  solution  of  the  social  problems  through  Zionism  or 
some  other  idealistic  form  of  government.  They  are  a  serious  peo- 
ple, (frequently  the  children  ask  for  sad  books  for  their  mothers) 
with,  as  some  one  has  aptly  said,  "the  burden  of  the  Ages  on  their 
back". 

The  immigrant  is  no  barbarian.  In  fact,  when  I  first  took  charge 
of  the  foreign  department  at  our  library,  what  impressed  me  most 
was  the  unfailing  courtesy  of  my  public.  He  invariably  takes  time 
to  say  "Good  morning",  and  "Thank  you",  and  "Good  bye",  for  he 
has  not  yet  acquired  our  American  spirit  of  hurry.  He  has  a  keen 
appreciation  of  a  kindness  and  a  strong  desire  to  reciprocate  a  kindly 
act,  as  is  evidenced  by  gifts  to  our  department.  A  few  weeks  ago 
came  sixty  volumes  in  Portuguese  from  the  Portuguese  consul.  A 
Yiddish  magazine  is  subscribed  for  by  a  Jew  for  the  library.  A 
young  Greek  gave  us  a  copy  of  "Pilgrim's  Progress"  in  Modem 
Greek,  which,  by  the  way,  he  said  he  had  read  six  times.  I  wonder 
how  many  of  us  have  gone  through  it  once.  It  is  a  classic  of  our 
literature.  He  has  been  in  this  country  two  years,  in  Providence  but 
a  few  months,  and  is  a  constant  reader  in  the  department  and  a 
book-borrower. 

I  might  mention,  in  passing,  the  facility  of  these  people  in  acquir- 
ing languages.  An  Armenian  who  does  not  find  anything  that  inter- 
ests him  in  Armenian  will  almost  never  turn  away  without  a  French 
book.  I  noticed  with  interest  two  girls  and  a  young  man,  who  could 
read  both  French  and  German  besides  Armenian,  finally  choose  Ana- 
tole  France's  poetry  to  take  home.  The  other  day  an  Armenian 
asked  for  Emerson's  "Conduct  of  Life"  in  English,  and  is  at  present 
coming  to  the  department  during  his  lunch  hour  to  read  it.  Many  of 
the  better  educated  Jews  will  read  Russian,  Yiddish,  and  German, 
anyway,  and  sometimes  French,  Italian,  and  Spanish,  too.  A  young 
Roumanian  Jew  about  sixteen  years  old,  who  has  been  in  America 
but  three  months,  was  reading  a  simple  history  of  the  United  States, 
stories  of  famous  American  statesmen,  and  a  geography  of  the  United 
States  in  English. 

In  the  effort  to  convert  our  foreign-speaking  population  into  in- 
telligent American  citizens,  the  public  library  plainly  has  a  duty  to 
perform,  the  importance  of  which  should  not  be  undervalued.  It  is 
in  a  position  to  be  one  of  the  most  important  factors  in  this  process 
of  Americanization  here  in  Southern  New  England,  which  is  reputed 


4  WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS 

to  be  the  most  foreign  section  of  the  country,  having  cities  counting 
a  larger  percentage  of  foreign  birth  and  foreign  parentage  than  New 
York,  Chicago,  or  San  Francisco.  According  to  the  Director  of  the 
Census,  New  England,  once  looked  upon  as  the  most  essentially 
American  section  of  the  country,  now  has  less  than  two-fifths  of  its 
population  consisting  of  native  born  of  native  parentage.  The  li- 
brary should  be  prepared  to  take  the  initiative  in  making  friendly 
advances  and  in  leading  these  strangers  in  a  strange  land,  by  slow 
degrees,  to  an  understanding  of  our  language,  laws,  and  customs. 
This  interest  and  sympathy  and  friendliness  make  the  stranger  feel 
more  at  home  in  his  adopted  country  and  establish  a  new  bond  of 
sympathy  between  him  and  America.  He  feels  grateful  at  the  recog- 
nition of  his  needs  and  always  maintains  a  delightful  attitude  toward 
those  who  assist  him.  Those  who  work  with  him,  who  come  in  con- 
tact with  him,  are  always  enthusiastic  over  this  attitude. 

In  the  department  devoted  to  this  work  at  our  library  we  have 
10,000  volumes  in  fourteen  different  languages.  Each  literature  is 
arranged  in  a  separate  section,  where  are  the  classics  for  those  who 
will  never  have  time  or  opportunity  to  study  English  and  for  those 
who  learn  to  read  English  laboriously  for  business  purposes  only,  but 
who  seek  their  mother  tongue  for  pleasure  and  inspiration. 

For  those  who  are  trying  to  learn  English  we  have  language 
manuals  that  teach  the  English  language,  inter-lingual  grammars 
that  are  prepared  especially  for  the  adult  immigrant  with  a  vocabu- 
lary of  trade  that  will  help  him  practically  in  business  English  that 
he  can  make  immediate  use  of.  Then  there  are  elementary  reading 
books,  for  the  most  part  in  English,  although  some  are  written  in 
the  foreign  languages,  and  books  on  civics  that  acquaint  the  Ameri- 
can in  process  with  the  fundamental  principles  of  our  government. 
These  books  give  a  short  history  of  America  and  a  few  of  its  heroes, 
Christopher  Columbus,  Washington,  Lincoln ;  they  generally  include 
the  Declaration  of  Independence ;  and  then  go  on  to  explain  the  Fire 
Department,  the  Health  Department,  the  Street  Cleaning  Depart- 
ment ; — why  rubbish  must  not  be  thrown  into  the  streets,  facts  that 
are  so  well  known  to  us,  but  are  not  understood  at  all  by  this  new- 
comer. Such  books,  that  help  to  interpret  the  rights  of  citizenship  to 
these  men  who  may  become  voters  in  five  years,  are  being  written  in 
some  of  the  foreign  languages,  but  are  not  keeping  pace  with  the 
need.  As  an  incentive  to  the  reading  of  English,  we  include  an  illus- 
trated book  of  travel  that  describes  the  respective  countries  in  Eng- 
lish under  each  literature,  trusting  that  the  attractive  pictures  of 


WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS  5 

their  own  country,  because  of  their  familiarity,  will  induce  them  to 
read  the  English  text  that  accompanies  the  pictures. 

Leaflets  in  five  different  languages  that  explain  what  steps  are 
necessary  in  order  that  cards  may  be  obtained  and  books  taken  from 
the  library  have  been  prepared  at  our  library.  These  leaflets  state 
the  hours  of  opening  and  the  rules  in  simple  form  and  have  an  at- 
tractive cut  of  the  library  on  the  front  cover.  A  supply  of  these  is 
kept  at  the  Registration  Desk  and  when  a  new  card  is  made  out  for 
borrowers  of  these  nationalities  one  is  handed  to  him.  We  have 
used  them  for  advertising  the  department  by  distributing  them  to 
night  schools  and  clubs,  and  have  found  them  especially  useful  in 
reaching  the  parent  through  the  child.  Very  little  energy  need  be 
expended  to  attract  adults,  however,  for  they  come  to  the  library 
without  much  effort  on  our  part  and  they  need  little  attention  after 
they  do  come,  for,  as  I  have  tried  to  prove,  they  know  their  own 
literature  better  than  we  do.  A  small  library  could  take  care  of 
many  different  languages  without  expert  knowledge.  It  is  interesting 
to  note  in  this  connection  the  following  statements  in  the  annual  re- 
ports of  two  such  institutions  as  the  New  York  Public  Library  and  the 
Boston  Public  Library.  From  the  former  we  quote  "The  branches 
with  the  largest  use  are  nearly  all  on  the  East  Side  of  the  city,  where 
the  foreign  born  and  tenement  house  population  is  thickest,  indicating 
the  great  popularity  of  thfe  library  with  this  part  of  the  community. 
A  study  of  statistics  shows,  further,  that  it  is  just  this  part  of  the 
population  which  is  making  most  use  of  the  library  for  study  and 
reading  of  scientific,  historical,  sociological,  and  philosophical  books." 
And  the  Boston  Public  Library  finds  that  the  "hunger  for  books  is  ) 
keen  and  universal  among  those  being  made  into  Americans". 

This  leads  me  directly  to  a  discussion  of  the  aids  in  book  selec- 
tion that  have  proved  useful  to  us,  a  list  of  which  is  appended.  The 
great  difficulty  encountered  in  making  our  selection  of  purchases  in 
foreign  literatures  is  this  dearth  of  reliable  book  lists,  a  lack  which  is 
being  remedied.  Aside  from  the  excellent  articles  in  the  Encyclo- 
pedia Britannica  under  the  countries  in  which  one  is  interested,  and 
in  addition  to  chapters  on  the  literature  of  a  country  that  are  in- 
cluded in  modern  books  of  travel,  some  of  which  are  mentioned  in 
the  list  below,  an  important  source  of  information  is  the  public  itself. 
Situated  as  we  are  in  a  university  town,  we  are  peculiarly  able  to  get 
expert  assistance  from  the  superior  immigrant.  The  willingness  on 
the  part  of  readers  to  assist  and  be  of  service  in  behalf  of  their  fellow- 
countrymen  has  been  a  noticeable  feature  of  our  work.  A  young 
Russian,  whom  I  well  remember  poring  over  his  first  American  news- 


6  WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS 

paper  less  than  six  years  ago,  who  in  six  months  was  registered  as  a 
sophomore  at  Brown  University,  and  was  graduated  with  high  honors 
and  now  occupies  a  responsible  position  with  the  Boston  and  Maine 
Railroad,  has  been  of  invaluable  assistance  to  us  in  selecting  books 
and  arousing  the  interest  of  Russian  readers. 

Readers  find  it  a  pleasure  to  review  a  book  for  us  and  are  eager 
to  talk  about  their  country  and  its  literature.  We  have  a  Portuguese 
friend,  a  member  of  the  Royal  Geographical  Society  of  Lisbon,  who 
has  met  many  of  the  literary  lights  of  Portugual.  She  takes  pleasure 
in  talking  of  them,  their  personal  appearance  and  literary  position, 
which  helps  one  place  them  in  one's  mind  to  a  remarkable  degree. 
She  has  a  personal  acquaintance  with  Camillo  Castello  Branco  and 
has  seen  Herculano  walk  the  streets  of  Lisbon  as  an  old,  old  man. 
A  Greek  youth  told  me  about  the  editor  of  an  old  magazine,  for 
which  I  haven't  had  very  much  respect  or  interest  heretofore,  prob- 
ably on  account  of  its  unattractive  binding,  until  he  recounted  the 
man's  life  work  and  brilliant  intellect  and  personal  appearance 
when  he  met  him  at  the  age  of  94.  After  that  the  uninteresting 
old  book  put  on  a  new  face.  A  young  Portuguese  working  as  a 
bookkeeper  in  a  business  that  employed  rough  men  turned  out  to  be 
a  poet,  whose  sensitive  ear  was  offended  at  our  greeting  "hullo,"  and 
who  spoke  the  English  language  with  a  fine  sense  of  its  shades  of 
meaning.  Upon  acquaintance  he  produced  portraits  of  the  King  and 
the  Queen  Mother,  autographed,  and  modestly  explained  that  he  had 
been  one  of  a  committee  of  university  students  to  greet  the  King  at 
the  time  he  ascended  the  throne.  It  has  been  an  education  to  me  to 
meet  these  people.  I  never  realized  how  narrow  had  been  my 
knowledge  of  the  literature  of  the  world,  until  I  had  read  Brandes' 
book  on  Poland,  and  essays  on  Russian  and  Portuguese  and  Swedish 
literatures.  My  sensations,  I  think,  must  have  been  similar  to  those 
of  Keats  "On  first  looking  into  Chapman's  Homer". 

The  library  co-operates  with  the  night  schools,  sending  them  lists 
of  books  that  will  assist  both  teachers  and  pupils.  But,  according  to 
a  little  handbook  published  by  the  local  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  one-fourth  of 
those  who  cannot  speak  English  in  Providence  are  untouched  by  the 
public  school.  These  must  be  reached  by  some  other  means. 
Stereopticon  lectures,  wherever  they  have  been  tried,  have  been  suc- 
cessful in  meeting  large  numbers  of  our  new  Americans,  who  show 
every  evidence  of  interest  and  appreciation  of  the  various  events  de- 
picted. Providence  has  recently  become  a  port  of  entry  for  immi- 
grants, and  coincident  with  this  has  arisen  the  Immigrant  Educa- 
tional Bureau,  which  is  arranging  for  lectures  in  foreign  languages 


WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS  7 

ancl  in  English  on  such  topics  as  will  appeal  to  the  immigrants  and 
will  assist  them  in  becoming  useful  citizens.  The  outline  submitted 
is  most  comprehensive.  Our  lecture  room  at  the  library  is  one  of  the 
halls  used  for  these  lectures.  Here  is  an  opportunity  to  present  by 
means  of  the  illustrated  lecture  the  history  and  government  of  our 
city,  state,  and  country ;  to  tell  of  our  local  industries ;  and  to  explain 
our  standards  of  sanitation  and  hygiene. 

These  Americans  in  the  making  are  remarkably  susceptible  to 
the  influence  of  our  national  life  and  respond  quickly  to  intelligeat 
sympathy.  That  they  are  easily  Americanized  is  a  remarkable  and  en- 
couraging fact.  In  1911  two  thousand  eight  hundred  a  day  came  to  our 
land,  desirous  of  a  better  opportunity  for  themselves  and  their  chil- 
dren to  enjoy  life.  If  we  are  to  assimilate  the  immigrant,  we  must 
stretch  out  the  helping  hand  and  welcome  him.  The  initiative  must 
be  taken  by  us.  It  is  our  privilege  to  see  that  this  problem,  a  prob- 
lem of  such  immense  importance  to  the  future  of  our  country,  is 
solved  aright  by  helping  to  make  these  homesick  strangers  more  con- 
tented in  their  new  environment,  and  we  can  assist  in  a  very  definite 
way  in  turning  them  into  intelligent,  law-abiding  American  citizens. 


AIDS  IN  WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS 

The  following  lists  were  compiled  by  Miss  Marguerite  Reid  of 
the  Providence  Public  Library,  and  some  additions  were  [made  by 
Mr.  John  G.  Moulton  of  the  Haverhill  Public  Library.  The 
aim  was  not  to  give  complete  lists  but  to  suggest  material  of 
recent  date  accessible  to  the  average  library.  Under  "Aids  in 
selecting  foreign  books"  the  lists  issued  by  book  sellers  and  libra- 
ries will  in  many  cases  be  sent  free  on  application.  The  list  of 
books  on  language  as  furnished  by  Miss  Reid  was  enlarged  from 
lists  of  the  Haverhill,  New  York,  and  Springfield  public  libraries 
This  list  was  prepared  with  the  needs  of  the  smaller  libraries, 
in  view,  and  when  practicable  books  for  first  purchase  were  in- 
dicated. Prices  quoted  are  approximately  the  publisher's  prices, 
and  from  these  usually  a  discount  of  10%  may  be  obtained. 

It  is  recommended  that  the  smaller  libraries  should  not  attempt 
to  import  directly  through  agents  in  foreign  countries  but  buy 
through  the  foreign  booksellers  in  this  country.  Some  of  these  book- 
sellers are  noted  under  "Aids  in  selecting  foreign  books". 


8  WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS 

It  is  hoped  that  these  lists  are  free  from  serious  errors.  The 
Secretary,  Mr.  Moulton,  will  be  glad  to  receive  notice  of  corrections 
or  additions  and  will  try  to  answer  questions  as  to  selection  and  pur- 
chase. If  deemed  advisable,  a  list  of  grammars  and  dictionaries  for 
studying  foreign  languages  will  appear  in  a  later  Bulletin. 

BOOKS  AND  ARTICLES  OF  INTEREST  IN  THE  WORK 

Balch,  Emily  Q.     Our  Slavic  fellow  citizens. 

Baring,  Maurice.     Landmarks  in  Russian  literature. 

Brandes,  Qeorg  M.  C.    Poland. 

Campbell,  J.  Maud.  Public  library  and  the  immigrant.  New  York 
Libraries,  v.  1,  p.  100-105,  132-136. 

Crawford,  Virginia  M.     Studies  in  foreign  literature. 

Devonshire,  H.  C.  French  books  for  our  daughters.  National  Re- 
view, V.  48,  p.  1022-1033. 

Ellis,  Havelock.     Soul  of  Spain. 

Encyclopaedia  Britannica.     Articles  under  countries— literature. 

Fitzmaurice-Kelly,  James.     Chapters  on  Spanish  literature. 

History  of  Spanish  literature. 

Francke,  Kuno.     German  ideals  of  today. 

A  history  of  German  literature. 

Qosse,  Edmund.     French  profiles. 
Hale,  E.  E.,  Jr.     Dramatists  of  today. 
HapgOOd,  Hutching.     Spirit  of  the  Ghetto. 

Harboe,  Paul.     Silhouettes  of  Swedish  writers.     Bookman,  v.  24,   p. 

143-150. 
Heller,  Otto.     Studies  in  modern  German  literature. 
Howells,  William  D.     Modern  Italian  poets. 
Huneker,  James.    Egoists. 

Iconoclasts. 

James,  Henry,     French  poets  and  novelists. 

Jousselln,  Stephane.     Some    French   books   that   American   women 

ought  to  read.     Review  of  Reviews,  v.'  32,  p.  89. 
Kennard,  Joseph  S.     ItaUan  romance  writers. 
Konta,  Annie  L.     History  of  French  literature. 
Kropotkin,  Frinct.     Russian  literature.  . 


WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS  9 

Lee,  Elizabeth.     Recent  foreign  literature.     (Appears  in   "Library," 

an  English  quarterly,  each  number.) 
Mulliken,  Clara.     Reading  list  on  modern  dramatists. 
Phelp«,  William  Lyon.     Essays  on  Russian'novelists. 
Prestage,  Edgar.  -  English  neglect  of  Portuguese  literature.  Academy, 

V.  43,  p.  506. 

Ramsden,  Hermione.     The  new  myticism  in  Scandinavia.  Nineteenth 

Century,  v.  47,  p.  279-296. 
Robertson t  John  Q.     History  of  German  literature. 
5aintsbury,  George.     Later  nineteenth  century.     V.  12  of  Periods  of 

European  literature. 
Scandinavian  novel.    Living  Age,  v.  232,  p.  1-19. 
Steiner,  Edward  A.    Immigrant  tide. 

On  the  trail  of  the  immigrant. 

Stephens,  Winifred.     French  novelists  of  today. 
Stories  of  the  nations  series. 

SymonSt  Arthur.     Studies  in  prose  and  verse. 

Symbolist  movement  in  literature. 

Thayer,  William  R.    Italica. 

Thorold,  Alger.     Six  masters  in  disillusion. 

Van  Norman,  L.  E.    Poland. 

Villiers- Warden,  Afrs.     Spain  of  the  Spanish. 
Waiiszewski,  K.     History  of  Russian  literature. 
Wells,  Benjamin  W.     Modem  French  literature. 

Modern  German  literature. 

Wiener,  Lee.     History  of  Yiddish  literature  in  the  nineteenth  century. 
Zimmern,  Helen.     Italy  of  the  Italians. 

Consult   also  articles  on  work   with  foreigners  in   Library  Journal  and 
Public  Libraries. 

BOOKS  FOR  LEARNING  ENGLISH  FOR  NON-ENGLISH 

SPEAKING  PEOPLE 

(Books  for  first  purchase  are  indicated  with  an  asterisk.) 

TEACHING  ENGLISH 

Adkins.     An  English  course  for  evening  students.     Swan,   Sonnen- 

schein.     1909.     $1  00 


10  WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS 

Althouse.     Business  letters.     Penn  Pub.  Co.     1910.     .50 

*  Chancellor.     Reading    and    language    lessons    for    evening   schools. 

Amer.  Book  Co.     1904.     .30 
* Studies  in  English  for    evening    schools.     Amer.    Book   Co. 

1904.     .30 
Cody.     How   to  do  business  by  letter.     School  of  English,   Chicago. 

1908.  $1  00 

Success  in  letter-writing,  business  and  social.     McClurg.     1906. 

.75 

«Paustine  and  Wagner.     A  new  reader  for  evening  schools.  Adapted 

for  foreigners.     Vocabulary  in  English,  Swedish,  Polish,  Italian,  and 

German.     Hinds.     1909.     .50 
♦Field  and  Coveney.      English  for  new  Americans.      Vocabulary  in 

English,    Armenian,    Modern   Greek,    Italian,    Lithuanian,    Polish, 

Russian,  Spanish,  Swedish,  Syrian  (Arabic;,  and  Yiddish.      Silver, 

Burdett.     1911.     .60 
♦Houghton.  First  lessons  in  English  for  foreigners  in  evening  schools. 

Amer.  Book  Co.     1911.     .40 
♦Hlilshof.     Reading  made  easy  for  foreigners.  Hinds.  1909.  3v.  $1  20 
♦MintZ.     First  reader  for  new  American  citizens.  Macmillan.  1910.  .50 

* The  new  American  Citizen.     Macmillan.     1909.     .50 

* A  practical  speller  for  evening  schools.  Macmillan.  1910.   .50 

New  York  City,  Dept.  of  Education.     Instruction   to  teachers    in 

elementary  schools. 
*0*Brien.     English  for  foreigners.     Houghton>  MifHin.     1909.     .50 
♦Prior  and  Ryan.     How  to  learn   Enghsh;    a  reader  for  foreigners. 

Macmillan.     1911.     .55 
Roberts.     English  for  coming  Americans.     Y.  M.  C.  A.  Press.      1909. 

.50 

English  for  coming  Americans;  first  reader.     Y.  M.  C.  A.  Press. 

1909.  .50 

5harpe.     First  reader  for  foreigners.     Amer.  Book  Co.     1911.     .40 
Thorley.     A  Primer  of  English  for  foreign  students.    Macmillan.  1910. 

.60 
♦Wallach.     A  first  and  second  book  in  English  for  foreigners.     Silver, 

Burdett.     1910.     .50 


WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS  n 

GRAMMARS  AND  HANDBOOKS  IN  FOREIGN  LANGUAGES 

ARMENIAN 
«Guliail.     Elementary  English  grammar  for  Armenians.     Groos.    1901. 
$1  00 

Yeran.     Armenian-English   conversation.     Author,   603   Massachusetts 
Ave.,  Boston.     1911. 

BOHEMIAN 
Jonas.     Novy  tlumac  americky.     Slavie,  Racine,  Wis.     $1  50 

BULGARIAN 

Qawriysky.     Elementary   English    grammar   for   Bulgarians.     Groos. 
1908.     .80 


CROATIAN 

Lochner.    Easy  method  for  Croatians  to  learn  English  without  a  tedcher. 
Caspar.     1903.     $1  50 


DANISH  AND  NORWEGIAN 

♦Elbe.     Ku    us  paa  100  Timer  i  Engelsk.     Kos.     Copenhagen.     1910. 

$1  80 
Hjelm  and  Witcomb.     Guide  to  modern  conversation  in  Danish  and 

English.     Behr.     .55 
Qoldschmidt.     Engelsk  til  selvstudium.     Gyldendal.     1901.     .65 
*PolygIott  Kuntze.     Danskeren  i  England.     Georgi.     .25 

DUTCH 

Callsch-Witcomb.     Modern    conversation    in    Dutch    and    English. 

Behr.     .60 
*Coster.     Kleine  Engelsche  spraakkunst.     Groos.     1908.     .70 
Hofman.     Leerboek  der  Engelsche  taal.     $1  00 
♦Polyglott  Kuntze.     De  Hollander  in  Engeland.     Georgi.     .25 


12  WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS 

FINNISH 
NeilSen  and  Lundbeck.     Suomalais-englantilainen  sanakirja  ja   lause- 

oppi.     Nielsen  and  Lundbeck,  N.  Y.     1908.     .50 
*Oppman.     Englannin  kielioppi.     Edlundin,  Helsingissa.      1904.     .90 

FRENCH 
Clifton.     Manuel  de  conversation.     Fran^ais-anglais.     Garnier.      .90 
Connor.     Manuel  de  conversation.     Fran^ais-anglais.     Groos.        1909. 

.60 
*Mauron-Verrier.     Nouvelle  grammaire  anglaise.     Groos.     1907. 

$1  00 

* Petite  grammaire  anglaise.     Groos.     1911.     .60 

Ollendorff.     Nouvelle  methode  pour  apprendre  I'anglais.     Montreal. 

$1  00 
♦Polyglotte  Kuntze.     Le  Fran^ais  en  Angleterre.     Georgi.     .25 
Thlmm.      L'anglais    sans   maitre.     Marlborough.     1903.     .50 

GERMAN 
Ahn.     Amerikanischer  Dolmetscher.     Steiger.     .50 
^Baumann-Englisch.     Der  kleine  Touissant-Langenscheidt.      1908. 

.90 
Connor.     Deutsch-englisches  Konversationsbuch.     Groos.     1909.     .60 
Flaxman.     Handbuch  der  englischen  Umgangsprache.   Neff.  1905.  .90 
*Qaspey.     Englische  Konversations-Grammatik.     Groos.  1911.    $1  00 
Hecker.     Deutsch-englischer  Wortschatz.     Behr.     1907.     .75 
*Otto.     Kleine  englische  Sprachlehre.     Groos.     1909.     .90 
♦Polyglot!  Kuntze.     Amerikanisch.     Georgi.     .25 
Runge.     Englische  Gesprache.     Groos.     .50 
Schlessing.     Handbuch  der  englischen  Konversationsprache.     Tauch- 

nitr.     1907.     .75 
♦Toussaint-Langenscheldt.     Englische  Unterrichtsbriefe.     Langen- 

scheidt.     1908.     $7  50     (The  best,  if  it  can  be  afforded.) 

HUNGARIAN 
♦Dallos-Patterson.     Gyakorlati   Angol   nyelvtan.     Practical    English 
grammar. 


WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS  13 

Qaspey.     Angol  t^rsalgasi  nyelvtan.     English  conversational  grammar. 
Kohanyi.     Angol  nyelvmester.     English   language    teacher.       Liberty 
Press,  Cleveland. 

Polyglott  Kuntze.     A  Magyar  Angolorsz&gban.     Georgi.     .25 

ITALIAN 
*Arbib-C08ta.     Lezioni  graduate  di  lingua  inglese.     Tocci.     $1  00 
Blont.     Grammatica  inglese  italiana.     $1  75 
Cann.     Grammatica  della  lingua  inglese.     $1  35 
Clifton.     Italian- English  conversation.     Gamier.     .90 

Fabbraccl  and  Witcomb.     Modem  conversation  in  Italian  and  Eng- 
lish.    Behr.     .60 

Qaudenzl.     Nuovissima  grammatica  accelerata   italiana-inglese.     Gau- 
denzi.     1900.     $1  25 

Qenzardi.      Nuovo    metodo    per     imparare    la    lingua  inglese.       3v. 
Gnocchi.     1897.     $2  00 

r  italiano  e  I'inglese.     Paravia.     .85 

Lysle.     L'inglese  come  si  parla  in  Inghilterra.     Streglio.  1904.  $1  50 

Metodo  accelerate  anglo-americano.     $1  65 

♦Moore.     Libro  illustrato  di  lingua  inglese.     Heath.     1908.     .40 
*Pavla.     Grammatica  della  lingua  inglese.     Groos.     1910.     $1  35 

* Grammatica  elementare  della  lingua  inglese.   Groos.  1909.  .75 

♦Polyglott  Kuntze.     L'  Italiano  in  America.     Georgi.     .25 
♦Waller.     Lezioni  d'inglese  per  gl'italiani.      Jenkins.     1911.     $100 

LITHUANIAN 
Laukis.      Rankvedis  angliskos  kalbos.    Lietuvos,  Chicago.  1906.  $1  50 

MODERN  GREEK 
Agglike  methodos  aneu  didaskalou.     Atlantis.     $1  00 
Atlantis.     Neotate  grammatike  tes  agglikes  glosses.     Atlantis.    1907. 
♦Deffner.     Mikra  agglike  methodos.     Groos.     $1  00 
♦KontOpOHloS.     Grammatike  tes  agglikes  glosses.      Antoniade.     1883. 
.90 

Ollendorphou  methodos  eis  ten  aggliken.     Sidere.    1907.  $2  40 


14  WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS 

Petraris.     Manual  of  modern  Greek  and  English  conversation.      Holtze^ 

1898.     $1  70 
*Polyglott  Kuntze.     Ho  Hellen  en  Amerike.     Georgi.     .25 
^Zoniados.      Pleres  helleno-agglikon  kai  agglo-hellenikon  epistolarion^ 

Atlantis.  1910.    $1  00 

POLISH 

*Bergcr.     Latwa  metoda  jezyka  angielskiego.  Gebethner.  1910.  $1  20 
Dyniewicz.     Posrednik  polsko-angielski.     Author.     Chicago.     .60 
Forster  and  Witcomb.     Modern  conversation  in  Polish  and  English. 

Neufeld.     .60 
Hecker.     Systematical  vocabulary.    Polish- English.     Behr.     .60 
*Ka8prowicz  and  Cornet.     Manual  of  Polish  and  English  conversa- 
tion.    Holtze.     19C6.     $1  10 
*Po!ygIott  Kuntze.     Polak  w  Ameryce.     (Polish    and    English   con- 
versation.)    Georgi.     1909.     .25 

PORTUGUESE 
*Bensabat.     Nova  grammatica  pratica  da  lingua  ingleza.     $1  20 
ConstanciO.     Novo  mestre  inglez.     Aillaud.     $1  65 
*Duarte.     Manual  da  conversa9ao;      Portuguez-inglez   com    a  pronun- 

cia9ao.     Gamier.     .90 
*Morelra.     Grammatica  da  lingua  ingleza.     $1  25 
Ollendorff.     Novo  methodo  para  aprender  a  lingua  ingleza.     $2  50 
Perelra.     O  inglez  sem  mestre.     $4  50 
*Polyglott  Kuntze.     O  Portuguez  na  Inglaterra.     Georgi.     .25 

ROUMANIAN 

Ahn.     Nouametoda  pratica  pentru  a   invata  au  in  lesnire  limba  engleza. 
Polyglott  Kuntze.     Romanul  in  Englitera.     Gtorgi.     .25 

RUSSIAN 

BoltZ.     Conversations  modernes  en  russe,  fran9ais,  anglais  et  ailamand. 

Behr.     $1  20 
Clifton.     English- Russian  conversation.     Gamier.     .90 


WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS  15 

Cornet.     Manual  of  Russian  and  English  conversation.     Holtze.     1897. 

$1  10 
Qoffe.     Object  lessons  in  English  for  beginners.     Weyermann.     1905. 
*11auff.     Prakticheskaya  grammatika  angliskavo  yazyka.     Groos.   1902. 

$1  50 
*Nurok.     Prakticheskaya  grammatika  angliskavo  yazyka.     1908.  $1  80 
*Polyglotte  Kuntze.     The  Russian  in  England.     Georgi.     .25 

SERVIAN 

Petroviteh.     Elementary  English   grammar  for  the   use   of  Servians. 
Groos.     1908.     .70 


SPANISH 

Butler  and  Ritter.     El  maestro  de  la  conversacion  inglesa.     Appleton. 

1892.     .60 
Bustamante  and  Clifton.     Manual  de  conversacion.     Garnier.     .50 
•Cortina.     Ingles  en  veinte  lecciones.    Cortina.     1899.     $1  50 
Qarrin.     Gram&tica  inglesa.     Hirschfeld.     $1  10 
Ollendorff -Vins:ut.     El  maestro  de  Ingles.   Lockwood.     1893.  $1  50 
Palenzuela  and  Carreno.     Metodo  para  aprender  el  Ingles.     Apple- 
ton.     18%.     $1  50 
♦Pavla.     Gram^tica  inglesa.     Groos.     1908.     $1  50 

Gram4tica  sucinta  de  la  lengua  inglesa.     Groos.     .55 

*Polyglott  Kuntze.     El  Espanol  en  Inglaterra.     Georgi.     .25 
Robertson.     Nuevo  curso  del  idioma  ingles.     $2  50 

SWEDISH 

Afzelius.     Kortfattad  engelsk  grammatik  for  praktiska  behof.      Nor- 

stedt.     .50 
Calwagen.     Engelsk  spr°aklara.     .25 
Lipmanson  and  Witcomb.     New  guide  to  modern   conversation  in 

Swedish  and  English.     1^5.     .60 
May.     I^robok  i  engelska  sprake*.     $1  25 


16  WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS 

*R0Stllthal.     Masterskapssystemet.     Larobok    i    engelska     affars-och 

umgangesspraket  af  Svensson.     Fritze.     $1  00 
*Polyglott  Kuntze.     Svensken  i  England.     Georgi.     .25 

TURKISH 

Ahn.     Practical  method  of  learning  English;  tr.  by  Hakki.    Constanti- 
nople.    1889. 

YIDDISH 

Ahn.     The  newest  English  method.     Hebrew  Pub.  Co.     .30 
Harkavy.     American  letter  writer  and  speller.     Hebrew  Pub.  Co. 
* English  teacher.     Hebrew  Pub.  Co.     $1  00 

* Ollendorff's  method  to  acquire  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the 

English  language.     Hebrew  Pub.  Co.     1908.     $1  50 
^Krantz.     English  teacher.     Werbelowsky.     .53 


BOOKS  ABOUT  THE  UNITED  STATES  FOR 
FOREIGNERS 

IN  ENGLISH 

^Bloomfield  and  others.     A  civic  reader  for  new  Americans.     Amer. 

Book  Co.     1908.     .38 
^Chancellor.     History  and  government  of  the  United  States  for  evening 

schools.     Amer.  Book  Co.     1908.     .30 
Dole.     The  young  citizen.     Heath.     1909.     .45 
Forlong,  C.  J.     Our  future  citizens:  how  to  become  a  citizen.    Author. 

Buffalo. 
Qreen,  Hinckley  and  Allen.     Manual   for  voters  in   Rhode  Island. 

Authors,  Providence.     1909. 
Howard.     American  history,  government,  and  institutions.     A  manual 

of  citizenship  for  young  Americans  and  new  Americans.      Author, 

Windsor  Locks,  Ct.     1905.     .65 
Marriott.     How   Americans  are  governed  in   nation,   state,  and   city. 

Harper.     1910.    $1  75 


WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS  17 

riarriott.     Uncle  Sam's  business   told  to  young  Americans.     Harper 
1908.     $1  25 

*Mowry.     First  steps  in  the  history  of  our  country.     Silver,  Burdett 
1907.     .70 

^Relnsch.     The  young^itizen's  reader.     Sanborn.     1909.     .60 
^Richman  and  Wallach.     Good  citizenship.     Amer.  Book  Co.     1908 
.45 

Severance,  Mary  F.     A  guide  to  American  citizenship.  Author.  1909. 
Tappan.     Our  country's  story.     Houghton,  Mifflin.     1902.     .65 


IN  FOREIGN  LANGUAGES 

FRENCH 
Bentzon.     Lcs  Americaines  chez  elles.     Hachette.     1904. 
Bentzon.     Femmes  d'Amerique.    Colin.     1900. 
Coulevain.     Noblesse  americaine.     Ollendorff.     1907. 
Laboulaye.     Histoire  des  Etats-Unis.      1620-1789.      Durand.      Ep. 

1870.    3v. 
Leroy-Beaulleu.     Les  Etats-Unis  au  xxc  siecle.     Colin.     1904. 
Masseras.     Washington  et  son  oeuvre.     Plon,  Nourrit.     1889. 
Never5.     L'^me  americaine.     Jouve  and  Boyer.     1900. 
ROHSiers.     La  vie  americaine.     Firmin,  Didot.     1892. 
5avine.     Roosevelt  intime.    Juven. 

GERMAN 
Cronau.     Drei  Jahrhunderte  deutschen  Lebens  in  Amerika.     17th-19th 

century.     Reimer.     1909. 
Kallmeyer,  Charle5.     How  to  become  a  citizen  of  the  United  States. 

(In  English  and  German.)     Author,  205  East  45th  St.,  N.  Y. 
Mtinsterberg.     Die  Amerikaner.     Mittler.     1904. 
Naubert  and  Kuerschner.     Land  und  Leute  in  Amerika.     Langen- 

scheidt.     1909.     .90 


18  WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS 

Sievers.     Amerika.     BibliogrAphisches  Institut.     1894. 

Vay  von  Vaya  and  Luskod.     Nach  Amerika  in  einem  Auswanderer- 

schiffe.     Paetel.     1908. 
Zimmerman.     Vierhundert  Jahre  amerikanischer   Geschichte.      1492- 

1892.     Brumder.     Milwaukee.     1893. 

ITALIAN 

Botta.     Storia    della    Guerra  dell'  Indipendenza   degli   Stati    Uniti  d' 

America.     1775-1783.     1852.     3v. 
Caccia.     Manuale  delle  leggi  degli  Stati  Uniti  ad  uso  degli  Italiani  in 

America.     Giordano,  N.  Y.     1905. 
CantU.     Vite  parallele  di  Mirabeau  e  Washington.     Sauvito.     1873. 
Carr.     Guida  degli  Stati  Uniti  per  I'immigrante  italiano.     Doubleday, 

Page.     1910. 
Causa.     Vita  e  viaggi  di  Cristoforo  Colombo.     Salani.     1907. 
Cavallaro.     Pionieri   ed   eroi   della  storia  americana.     Frugone,    178 

Park  Row,  N.  Y.     1907. 
Ellis.     Guida   per  gPimmigranti  italiani.      New  Jersey  Immigrant  Soci- 
ety. 
MOSSO.     La  democrazia   nella  religione    e  nella   scienza.     Studi   sull' 

America.     Treves.     1908. 
Pecorlni.     Gli  Americani.     Treves.     1909. 
Prczlosi.     Gl'  Italiani  negli  Stati  Uniti  del  Nord.     Lib.   ed.    Milanese. 

1909. 
Rossi.     Un  Italiano  in  America.     1899. 
Simonin.     Attraverso  gli  Stati  Uniti  dall'  Atlantico  al  Pacifico.   Treves. 

1876. 
Vita  di  Benjamino  Franklin.     Barbara.     1907. 

LITHUANIAN 

Simonin.     Istorija  Suwienytu  Walstiju  Amerikos.  1492-1895.    Chicago. 
1896. 

MODERN  GREEK 
Canoutas.     Greek-American  guide  and  business  directory.     Author,  4 
East  23  St.,  N.  Y.     1911.     (See  Nation,  v.  93,  p.  17.) 


WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS  19 

VlastO  and  Qortzes.  Historia  ton  Henomenon  Politeion  tes  Ameri- 
kes.  1492-1908.  Atlantis,  113-11*7  West  31  St.,  N.  Y.  (See  In- 
dependent, Apr.  22,  1909,  p.  869.) 


POLISH 

Kruszka.     History  a  polska  w  Ameryce.     Milwaukee.     1905.     13v.    '\ 
Sienkiewicz.     Listy   z  podroty.     Szkice   amerykanskie.      Gebethner^ 
Ed.  1902.    2v. 


PORTUGUESE 
Colet.     Infancias  celebres.     Benjamin  Franklin.     Guillard.     1896. 

RUSSIAN 

Channlns:.     Istoria  Soedinennykh  Shtatov  Sievernoi  Amerike    15-76. 
1865.     1897. 


SWEDISH 
Irvlns^.     Kristofer  Columbus.     Bonnier.     1894. 
Laboulaye.       Benjamin     Franklins     Sjelfbiografi    och      brefvexling. 

Bonnier.     Ed.  1883. 
5undbeck.     Svenskarna  i  Amerika.     Askerberg.     1900. 

YIDDISH 

Cahan.     History  of  the  United  States.     1910. 
Harkavy .     Columbus.     Hebrew  Pub.  Co. 

The  Citizen.     Hebrew  Pub.  Co. 

Hermalin.     Spanish- American  war.     1898. 
Hlckey.     Constitution  of  the  United  States.     1897. 
HorovitZ.     Franklin.     Heb.  Pub.  Co.     1907. 

Krantz.     America  before  Columbus.     Inter.  Lib.  Pub.  Co.     1904. 

The  history  of  America.     "Progress."     1905. 


20  WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS 

IN  SEVERAL  LANGUAGES 

Pamphlets 

Langah,  David.  Citizen's  manual  of  the  United  States  constitution. 
(In  English,  German,  Hungarian,  Italian,  Polish,  Yiddish.)  27p. 
Author,  825  Wash  St.,  St.  Louis.     .25 

North  American  Civic  League  for  Immigrants.  Messages  for 
new  comers  to  the  United  States.  (In  English,  Italian,  Yiddish.) 
19p.     173  State  St.,  Boston. 

United  States  Bureau  of  Immigration  and  Naturalization.  In- 
formation for  immigrants  concerning  the  United  States.  (In  15 
languages.)  7p.  Gov't  Printing  Office.  From  National  Society 
Sons  of  American  Revolution,  Washington,  D.  C. 


Of  interest  in  this  connection  are  the  following  lists : 
Elmendorf,    Mrs.     Helps  in  government  and  language  for  immigrants. 

Pub.  Lib.  March,  1911,  p.  111-112. 
Holding,  Anna  L.     Books  about  America  in  foreign  languages;     com- 
piled to  aid  in  the  selection  of  books  for  foreigners.     N.  Y,  Libraries, 
April,  1910,  p.  92-98. 
Providence  Public  Library.     Books   on   America   for   Non-English 
speaking  people.     (Multigraph  list.) 

AIDS  IN  SELECTING  FOREIGN  BOOKS 

L' Action   sociale  de  la  femme  a  V  usage  des  bibliothecaires. 

Bibliographic   du   livre   franfais.      (Monthly.)     60c  per  year.     See 

P.  L.  May,  1907,  p.  189. 
A.  L.  A.     List  of  French  fiction.     28p.     1898.     5c. 

Selected  list  of  French  books.     35p.     1908.     25c. 

Selected  list  of  German  books.     58p.     1907.     50c. 
Annotated.     Starred  for  first  purchase. 

Selected  list  of  Hungarian  books.     12p.     1907.     15c.     Annotated. 

Selected  list  of  Norwegian  and  Danish  books.     20p.     1908.     25c. 
Starred. 

Selected  list  of  Swedish  books.     45p.     1909.     25c.     Starred. 
American  association  of  foreign-language  newspapers.    New 

York.     The  unreached  millions.     59p.     1909. 


WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS  21 

Atlantis.  P.  O.  Station  E.  New  York.  Publisher  of  Modern  Greek 
books.     Catalogue. 

Bethleem,  L*abbe.     Pieces  de  theatre.     1910.     75c. 

Romans  a  lire  et  romans   a  proscrire.       1905.       75c.      (Roman 
Catholic  standpoint.) 

Bia^i,  Quido.  Best  Italian  reading.  Supplement  to  "Rivista  delle 
biblioteche  e  degli  archivi",  Jan.,  1907,  May-June,  1908.  Refer- 
ence books,  3p.     Children's  books,  8p. 

Bjorck  and  Borjesson,  now  Albert  Bonnier,  40  West  28th  St., 

New  York.     Selected  list  of  Norwegian  and  Danish  books  suitable 

for  libraries.     32p.     1909. 

Selected  list  of  Swedish  books  suitable  for  libraries.     24p.      1909. 
Boston  Public  Library.     Russian  literature.     13p.     1896. 

Works  of  fiction  in  the  French  language.     105p.     1892. 

Werks  of  fiction  in  German.     164p.     1905. 

Works  of  fiction  in  Italian.     25p.     1901, 
Brockhaus,  F.  A.     Leipsic.     Catalogue  of  foreign  Literature.     258p. 

1910. 

Hand-Katalog  der  neueren  deutschen  Literatur.  919p.  1908. 

Systematisches  Biicher-Verzeichnis.     592p.     1910. 
Brooklyn  Public  Library.    German  books.    105p.    1907. 

Yiddish  books.     Bulletin,  Oct.,  1909.     Ip. 
Buffalo  Public  Library.     Books  in  German.     155p.     1908. 
Carnegie  Library,  Pittsburgh.     Fiction  in  foreign  languages.     See 

Classified  catalogue  and  lists  of  additions.     Annotated. 
CilicagO  Public  Library.     Books  in  foreign  languages.  See  Bulletins. 

Books  in  the  Bohemian  language  added  during  1894-1906.     Bull. 

no.  70.     7p. 

Danish-Norwegian  and  Swedish  literature.     32p.     1890. 

Dutch  literature.     lOp.     1891.        French  literature.     144p.      1890. 

German  literature.     89p.     1890.     Russian  books.     5p.     1890. 

Yiddish  books.     6p.     1907. 
Christiania  University  Library.    Katalog  over  boker  skikket  for 

folkeboksamlinger.     1906,   131p.      1907,  23p.      1908,   46p.      See 

P.  L.  Dec,  1907,  p.  397. 
Cincinnati   Public   Library.      Finding  list  of  French,  Italian,    and 

Spanish  prose  fiction.     24p.     1904. 

Finding  list  of  German  prose  fiction.     44p.     1903. 


22  WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS 

Cleveland  Public  Library.     Catalogo  dei  libri  italiani.    23p.     1906. 
Detroit  Public  Library.     Katalog  dziel  polskich.     122p.     1907. 

Supplement.     Bull.  no.  21.     lOp. 
Druckertnan,  Simon,  50  Canal  St.,  New  York.     Yiddish   catalogue. 

50p.     1910. 
Fabietti,  E.  and  Locatelli,  A.       Saggio  di  catalogo  modello.    Milan. 

76p.     1908.     50c.     Starred. 
Fumagalli,  Q.     Cento  migliori  libri  italiani.     16p.     1908. 
Grand  Rapids  Public  Library.     Lithuanian  books.     Bull.  April, 

1911.    2p. 
Qyldendal  Publishing  Co.  821  W.  North  Ave.,  Chicago.      Catalogue 

of  Danish  and  Norwegian  books. 
Harrasowitz,  Otto.     Polish  lists.     Leipsic.  (Gives  titles  in  English.) 
Hartford  Public  Library.     Lithuanian  books.     Bulletins. 
Hauff ,  N.  S.     Catalogue  of  Norwegian  literature.     1883-1907.     See  L. 

J.  Feb.,  1910,  p.  95. 
Hebrew  Publishing  Co.,  83-87  Canal  St.,  New  York.  Yiddish  books. 
Hoeplit  Ulrico.  Milan.  Libri  italiani  diletteratura,scienzaed  arte.  491p. 

Migliori   libri  italiani   consigliati   da  cento   illustri    contemporanei. 

434p.     1892.     75c. 

Scelta  delle  migliori  opere  della  letteratura  italiana  moderna.     283p. 

1911. 

Holyoke  Public  Library.  Catalogue  de  livres  imprimes  dans  la 
langue  franfaise.     16p.     1910. 

Italian  Book  Co.,  520  Broadway,  New  York.  Italian  books  of  every 
description.     92p.     1912. 

Lemcke  and  Buechner,  30  W.  27th  St.,  New  York. 
Catalogue  raisonne  of  world  literature. 

Pt.  1.     German   literature.      36p.      1894.       Annotated.     (Supple- 
ments varying  from  4  to  28p.  issued  continually.) 
Pt.  2.     French  literature.     36p.     1895.     Annotated.     (Supplement 
16p.     Annotated.) 
Pt.  3.     Spanish  literature.     27p.     1903.     Annotated. 

Liste  des  ouvrages  acceptes  par  la  Commission  Central  des 
Bibliotheques  flunicipales  de  Paris.  Annual.  See  L.  J.,  Jan., 
1908,  p.  13. 


WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS  23 

Uvraria    Perreira,    132-138   Rua   do  Ouro,   Lisbon.     Catalogue  of 
Portuguese  books.     lOp. 

Mabie,  H.  W.     Blue-book  of  fiction.      Foreign  fiction.     6p.      Globe- 
Wernicke  Co.,  Cincinnati.     1911. 

Milwaukee  Public  Library.      Vollstandiger  Katalog  der   deutschen 
Bucher.     118p.     1910. 

Minneapolis  Public  Library.    French  literature.    44p.    1909. 

German  literature.     27p.     1907. 

Scandinavian  literature.     47p.     1908. 
Newark  Public  Library.     Various  lists.     (Multigraphed.) 
New  Bedford  Public  Library.     Katalog  der  Biicher  in  den  deutschen 

und  anderen  Sprachen.     Portuguese  books.     P.  39-48.     1903. 

Supplement.     Mo.  Bull.     June,  1907,  p.  517-518. 

Catalogue  des  livres  fran9ais.     32p.     1911. 

Catalogue  of  Yiddish  books. 
New  York  Public  Library.     Bohemian  book  list.    88p.     1911. 

Current  periodicals  in  Circulating  Department.  Poriodicals  in  foreign 

languages.  2p.  1910. 

Dutch   and  Flemish  book   list  in  Mo.  list  of  additions,  April,  1910, 

p.  94-95. 

Hungarian  book  list.     24p.     1910. 

Hungarian  book  list.    Supplement.     3p.     1911. 

Italian  book  list.     (In  preparation.) 

List  of  books  for  foreigners  who  wish  to  learn  English  in  Mo^  list  of 

additions,  Jan.,  1907.     p.  71-72. 

Polish  book  list.     8p.     1910. 
Pfeilstticker,  Berlin.     Besten    Bucher    aller  Zeiten  und  Literaturen. 

1890.     20c. 
Polish  Book  Importing  Co.,  83  Second  Ave.,  New  York. 

Poradnik  dla  crytajacych  ksiazki.     144p.     1909. 
Polish  National  Alliance,  1406-1408  W.  Division  St.,  Chicago. 

Katalog  biblioteki.     5000  titles  in  Polish. 

2000  titles  in  Lithuanian. 
Providence  Public  Library.    Multigraph  lists. 

Books  on  America  for  non-English  speaking  people.     1911. 

List  of  Italian  books.     1911. 

List  of  Yiddish  and  Hebrew  books.     1911. 

Reading  list  on  German  literature.     5p.     1911.     (Titles  suggested 

by  Prof,  von  Klenze  of  Brown  University.) 


24  WORK  WITH  FOREIGNERS 

Revue  Critique  des  Livres  Nouveaux.    Monthly,  $1.25  per  year. 

Ritter  and   Flebbe,    120  Boylston  St.,   Boston.     Foreign  book  cata- 
logues, especially  French,  German,  and  Italian. 

Literarische  Neuigkeiten.     Quarterly. 
San  Francisco  Public  Library. 

Finding  list  of  French  fiction.     23p.     1911. 
Schoenhof  Boole  Co.,  128  Tremont  St.,  Boston. 

Foreign  book   catalogues,   especially  French,  German,  Italian,  and 

Spanish.     Children's  books  in  foreign  languages. 
Springfield  Public  Library.     A  few  books  to  aid  foreigners  in  learn- 
ing English.     2p.     In  Wisconsin  Lib.  Bulletin  v.  4.     P. 12. 
St.  Louis  World's  Exposition.     German   library.      1904.     Volck- 

mar,  Leipsic. 
Stechert,  Q.  E.  &  Co.,   151   W.   25th  St.,   New   York.       Foreign 

book  catalogues,  especially  German. 
Thieme.      Guide   bibliographique  de   la  litterature  franyaise  de  1800- 

1906.     Welter.     1907.     $3  75 
University  of  Illinois  Library.    Representative  li«t  of  150  of  best 

foreign  novels  in  English  translation.     6p. 
Wisconsin  Free  Library  Commission.    Traveling  libraries. 

Bohemian  group. 

German  group. 

Norwegian  group. 

Polish  group. 


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